[Sigia-l] Seeking Advice on When to Use Pop-Ups on an Intranet

[Jon Hanna]

> I'm looking for feedback/advice about when it's appropriate (or
> not) to use
> pop-up windows on an intranet.  Any general rules of thumb?  For
> example, in
> a intranet section called the "Library", I was thinking it might be a good
> idea when the user has clicked on a PDF or a Word file.  Maybe because the
> user is kind of leaving the web world for the print world?  Not sure.

1. When the user has opted to use the mechanisms provided to him or her by
every browser capable of supporting pop-ups to select that a new window be
opened rather than the browser's default behaviour (of course you get that
behaviour for free with all normal links).

2. When you want to actively discriminate against users with disabilities.